Passionate Pioneers

Passionate Pioneers with Mike Biselli, a nationally ranked healthcare and innovation podcast, and a member of the Health Podcast Network, highlights the innovators, the game changers, and the pioneers who are deeply passionate and relentless in valiantly solving the problems our healthcare industry is facing.

Episodes

A Moment with Mike | Session 14

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This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: CLICK HERE

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Welcome back to the podcast and for spending a few moments with me. If you’re plugging in for the first time, I’m glad you’re here.

Recently, I had the fortunate opportunity to welcome Dr. Davin Lundquist as a guest blogger over at mikebiselli.com. Dr. Davin is a Family Medicine physician, and is affiliated with Dignity Health, a part of CommonSpirt Health, in California. He also serves as Augmedix’s Chief Medical Officer.

You may have also tuned into our previous episode, Rehumanizing Healthcare in which we learned from Dr. Davin the amazing journey he’s been on in helping build Augmedix.

Given the importance of what Dr. Davin shared in his guest blog post, I wanted to make sure our podcast community had the opportunity to hear Dr. Davin’s Top 10 healthcare trends to watch in 2021.

So, what is Dr. Davin’s top 10 healthcare trends list? Join us on this next session of A Moment with Mike!

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Accelerating Medical Reimbursement with Andrew Lockhart

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: CLICK HERE

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At times, when patients experience healthcare’s inefficiencies and brokenness, some of these patients turn their frustration into innovative startups that are dedicated to reimagining an industry that we all know can be so much better.

During this episode, Andrew Lockhart, the CEO of Fathom, joins us for an insightful discussion about how his team is applying the intersection of deep learning and natural language processing to the healthcare industry medical record.

While together, Andrew shares how his knee injury, and receiving his medical bill, opened his eyes to the opportunities to improve medical coding, a massive area in healthcare ripe for innovative ideas and technology.

Join us to learn from Andrew and the mission he is on in building Fathom and how you can get involved as we continue to work together to move our healthcare industry forward!

Episode Highlights:

  • Andrew’s knee injury that led him to experiencing the broken healthcare system
  • How Andrew went about learning the intricacies of medical coding
  • Why Andrew knew there is significant opportunity for improving the industry
  • The opportunities to engage and partner with Andrew and the Fathom team

About our Guest:

Andrew Lockhart is the cofounder and CEO of Fathom, a Google Ventures and Founders Fund backed startup using machine learning to automate medical coding. Previously, Andrew cofounded another venture-backed machine learning startup as well as lead design and innovation projects for Fortune 500 clients for global design firm, Idea Couture. He is active in the startup communities in both San Francisco and Toronto as a seed investor and mentor with StartX. Andrew received his MBA from Stanford and his BA from the University of Toronto.

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Helping Patients Lead Opioid-Free Lives with Ankit Gupta

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: CLICK HERE

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Over the past several years, more healthcare leaders understand and admit the opioid epidemic has impacted all walks of life in every corner of our country.

Because of this reckoning, more healthcare innovation leaders are applying their brilliance and passion for helping others by building game-changing innovations to empower patients experiencing opioid dependence and addiction.

During this episode, Ankit Gupta joins us for a powerful and meaningful conversation. Ankit is the CEO of Bicycle Health and has dedicated his company to help patients lead fulfilling and opioid-free lives.

While together, Ankit outlines why he began building his startup and the positive results his technology is producing in the marketplace. Additionally, Ankit shares the personal joy he receives from hearing the real-life patient stories of triumph his team is helping to achieve.

Join us for this inspiring conversation as we continue to work together to help move our nation’s health forward!

Episode Highlights:

  • Ankit’s journey of building and selling his company to LinkedIn
  • How Ankit got into the healthcare industry by first visiting India
  • Ankit’s business model to fight against the opioid crisis
  • Where Ankit sees his platform making an impact in the future

About our Guest:

Ankit Gupta is the Founder and CEO of Bicycle Health. Ankit is passionate about the power of technology to create patient-centric experiences that can deliver high-quality outcomes at scale.

Before Bicycle Health, Ankit was the Co-Founder and CTO of Pulse News. With over 30 million users and a shoutout by ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Pulse was acquired by LinkedIn and has now become the LinkedIn Newsfeed. He graduated from IIT Bombay with a bachelor’s and Stanford University with a masters in Computer Science (specializing in Machine Learning).

In his spare time, Ankit volunteers for his non-profit Docs and Hackers which aims to bridge the gap between the technology and healthcare worlds. He also enjoys a good cup of coffee, a hike and a good brew, ideally in that order.

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Expert Coronavirus Updates with Dr. Robert Hamilton | Session 36

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: CLICK HERE

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Creating and maintaining strict infectious disease protocols for our frontline healthcare workers while caring for COVID-19 patients has been an ongoing challenge, with detrimental and deadly impact.

Our next guest has applied his company’s pre-existing technology to address this significant need for our nation’s health systems and its heroes.

Dr. Robert Hamilton, the Chief Scientific Officer for NovaSignal, shares how his company’s product, NovaGuide, helps providers assess their patients while minimizing exposure to the Coronavirus.

Additionally, Dr. Hamilton discusses the positive results of this work, which was recently published in conjunction with Mt. Sinai Hospital as well as where Dr. Hamilton sees the future of cloud computing and data analytics to assess brain health well beyond this current public health crisis.

Join us for this important and needed conversation as we continue to work together to safely battle and eliminate the Coronavirus pandemic.

Episode Highlights:

  • History of how NovaSignal came to be
  • How Robert’s team responded to the COVID-19 outbreak
  • Why NovaSignal focused their energy and technology to address the pandemic
  • NovaSignal’s COVID-19 partnership with Mount Sinai and early results
  • Where Robert sees his technology being applied beyond the pandemic

About our Guest:

Dr. Robert Hamilton is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer at NovaSignal. He is an accomplished entrepreneur, engineer, and clinical researcher with a passion for innovative technologies in the area of brain health management. Robert is an expert in image/signal processing and machine learning, with extensive experience in cerebral blood flow, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and other neurological disorders.

During his tenure at the company, Robert has acted as principal investigator on federal grants and contracts totaling more than $25M from the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. Additionally, Dr. Hamilton has been invited to give several talks and presentations on entrepreneurship, technology development, and healthcare. He has achieved greater than 100 citations of his work in peer-reviewed publications and conferences and holds over 100 patent assets related to the core technology developed during his PhD studies.

In addition to his work at NovaSignal, Robert serves on the board of the Goggio Family Foundation (GFF). The foundation’s mission is to transform lives and strengthen communities by fostering innovation, creating knowledge, and promoting social progress. GFF provides grants in several program areas including community development, environmental preservation, and education. This aligns well with Robert’s passion for international collaboration, having worked in Malawi, Haiti, and China on brain health projects. Robert also serves on the UCLA Bioengineering Alumni Advisory Board.

Robert earned a B.A. in mathematics from the College of Idaho, B.S. in biomedical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Redesigning the Healthcare Experience with Joseph Kitonga

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: CLICK HERE

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As a Kenyan-American immigrant who helped his parents bootstrap their home health small business to a few hundred employees, our next guest has applied those learnings to his mission of redesigning the healthcare experience for the consumers his company serves.

In today’s episode, Joseph Kitonga, the Founder of Vitable Health, joins us for an eye-opening and insightful conversation about the difficulties living wage workers face in accessing affordable healthcare and how he and his team are solving these critical issues.

While together, Joseph shares his journey of applying his childhood experiences, coupled with his adult professional learnings from outside of healthcare, and launching his fast-growing and thriving startup.

Join us for this refreshing conversation filled with passion, determination, and hope that we can reimagine, redesign, and build a new health plan for everyday people from the ground up.

Episode Highlights:

  • How Joseph’s childhood experience with his parent’s business shaped his desire to impact healthcare
  • Joseph’s journey in becoming a healthcare innovation entrepreneur
  • Vitable Health’s unique model of providing care to its members
  • Where Joseph sees the industry heading in the next two years

About our Guest:

Joseph Kitonga is a Kenyan-American immigrant who helped his parents bootstrap their home health small business to a few hundred employees and is now applying those learnings to building his current company, Vitable Health. He is a 2020 Thiel Fellow and was a part of Y Combinator’s S20 Batch. He previously studied Computer Engineering at Penn State and was an intern at Microsoft on Xbox before turning down his full-time offer and dropping out from school.

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Expert Coronavirus Updates with Dr. Kim Gandy | Session 35

This episode’s Community Champion Sponsor is Augmedix. To learn how they are revolutionizing the electronic health record: CLICK HERE

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As we now recognize, the Coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the structural problems and inequities in our healthcare system. However, this crisis has also accelerated the adoption of many technologies to care for patients the industry aims to serve.

During this episode, Dr. Kim Gandy, a remote patient monitoring expert, and a national health technology industry leader joins us to discuss Play-it Health’s efforts to battle COVID-19 with its personalized remote patient monitoring and virtual care management platform.

While together, Dr. Gandy shares how her company came to be and the quick and decisive business decisions she made during the pandemic’s early onset. Additionally, Dr. Gandy outlines how Play-it Health is helping our frontline healthcare heroes and the opportunities for our community to engage with her team.

Join us for this timely expert Coronavirus update as we continue to work together to overcome the most significant public health challenge in our lifetimes.

Episode Highlights:

  • History and overview of Dr. Gandy’s vision and need for Play-it Health’s technology
  • How Dr. Gandy and the team quickly adjusted their strategy to address the pandemic
  • Play-it Health’s commitment to using their technology for remote monitoring in nursing facilities
  • The use of educational modules to help battle the pandemic, including vaccine hesitancy

About our Guest:

Dr. Kim Gandy is a physician, scientist, and entrepreneur with a deep-seated belief in the potential of digital health solutions for optimizing health outcomes. She launched Play-it Health (PIH) in the health adherence engagement space, aiming to utilize digital health technologies to improve adherence, one of the elements known to have the most potential for impact in value-based medicine. Though value-based care never reached significant adoption in the health marketplace, remote patient monitoring or the ability to monitor patient biometrics outside of the clinical setting did. Since RPM was a part of the PIH platform from the beginning, Play-it Health has found itself poised with an RPM solution embedded in a platform with some of the highest adherence rates in the industry.

Over the last year, PIH has sought to use its platform, Plan-it Med, to improve community efforts to combat the Coronavirus. Dr. Gandy is not only a former pediatric cardiac and transplant surgeon, she is a scientist, having obtained her Ph.D. from Stanford and having run international committees in translational research. As such, she was imminently qualified to be able to mold the PiH platform to meet community needs in a pandemic.

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